My get list

I guess it's called a "pull list" if you're lucky enough to have a local comic shop. We haven't had one of those in years. We used to, of the "some guy selling comics in his basement" sort--it was a real store, shelves and cash register and everything, but it was in the basement of his home. When he started to do all right, he moved to a storefront in town; of course that didn't last, small towns can rarely support specialty stores and comics are no exception, and so we have no comic shop. Very sad.

So I went online, and now we get our comics from a store in...Texas? It might be Texas, I don't remember offhand, and I guess it doesn't matter, because they have excellent service. Once a month I log in and make my selections from that month's books. I have them shipped once a month as well, because with age comes not only patience but, apparently, cheapness; also, if I had them shipped more often, every single package wouldn't contain something for each of my daughters, and that would be a bad thing.

Currently I get:

Captain America - Probably my favorite book, currently, and no one is more surprised at that than I am. I read it as a kid because I liked the character, but more often than not I liked him better in The Avengers than I did in his solo book. Now, however, it's the book I most look forward to every month.

Fantastic Four - Plenty of nostalgia value, even when the books are "meh."

Iron Man - I'm looking forward to this one more now--those long delays between the first six issues came close to driving me away, though. Always did like the armor concept, not so sure about the Extremis version but there seems to be some story-telling potential there, but I'm guessing it's a temporary thing.

Moon Knight - I never read the old Moon Knight comics--although I recently picked up the Essential Moon Knight book and will read it at some point--but I'm liking this one so far. "So far" as in I've read the first issue (my monthly comics arrive at the end of the month).

Ms. Marvel - The first issue was fun, we'll see how it goes from there. Lots of nostalgia value in this one as well, since I read the first run as a kid. I like the character, although I haven't necessarily enjoyed all of the changes she went through over the years.

New Avengers - Still more nostalgia value, and overall I enjoy the book. I always liked the odd mixes of characters that the old Avengers book threw together, so the complaint I often hear about this not being the "real" Avengers doesn't hold true for me. I'm enjoying seeing Spider-Woman as well (I've got her entire original run in a box on the porch), although I didn't care much for her recent mini-series.

She-Hulk - I only recently started reading this book, picked up the trade paperbacks and added it to my list a month or two ago. It's a tremendous amount of fun!

The Thing - I've always liked this character a lot, and the book was decent--I would certainly keep getting it, but I hear it's been cancelled.

Ultimates 2 - I've enjoyed this one a lot and will be sorry to see it go when it's over. I got into the Ultimates fairly late, bought the first series in hardcover.

Young Avengers - I picked it up to see what it was like, and it's turned out to be a favorite. I thought my kids would like it better than they do, though.


Temporarily on the list:

Civil War - Yes, I'm getting this. I don't expect it to be great, but I expect it to be decent overall. I got House of M as well, so sue me.


Recently I've dropped:

Legion of Superheroes - I tried, really I did, and some of the most recent run was very imaginative, but I finally gave it up when I realized that I had several months of this title that I hadn't gotten around to reading yet. I hated to do it--I used to love this book, loved it when I was a kid, loved the older Legion, even enjoyed it back when they had two Legions--but when you're not reading your comics as soon as you can, that's a sign of something.